The dome of Poseidon's Pavilion glowed with a faint golden light in the twilight.
Xuan Zi's fingers tapped on the armrest, and every gentle sound seemed to knock on everyone's heart.
On the report booklet spread out in front of this level 98 Taotie Douluo, the column for the number of admissions had a glaring "one hundred and seventy-three" painted in cinnabar - this was the first time in Shrek's ten thousand years that the number of new students had fallen to three digits.
“Bang!”
Xian Lin'er suddenly slammed a silver-white soul-guided sword on the conference table. The nine core magic arrays engraved on the sword were emitting heart-pounding energy fluctuations.
"Everyone, please look, this is the 'Sky Breaker' that our Soul Guidance Department spent three years developing. It is the first level nine melee soul guide on the continent!" Her long hair fluttered with excitement as she spoke. "As long as we are equipped with this weapon, Beibei can challenge a Super Douluo without any dream!"
The dean of the Soul Guidance Department raised his head proudly, as if he wanted to prove that the academy's investment in the Soul Guidance Department over the years was not empty talk.
At least there were some results.
It goes without saying that this "breaking the sky" is naturally aimed at the only hope of the entire academy, Beibei. Its meaning is also simple and clear, to break the blockade of the Sun and Moon Empire and restore the glory of Shrek.
Qian Duoduo shifted uneasily beside his wife.
The front of the uniform of this newly promoted ninth-level soul instructor was still stained with metal slag. He noticed the regret that flashed in Lin Lao's eyes when he swept across the sword. For this treasure of the academy, the academy sold the only three hundred thousand year soul bones left in the Treasure Pavilion.
There are no treasures left in the Treasure Pavilion now. All the treasures have been emptied out and donated to the Soul Guidance Department...
Of course, if I can defeat Xu Cheng in the All-Continental Soul Master Competition in half a year, then everything will be hopeful.
After all, just two days ago, the college’s top management received a top-secret message that was exciting to everyone.
Ancestor Tang San has paid attention to Shrek Academy!
He also talked to them personally, saying that the gods would not interfere in human affairs at present, but Xu Cheng, and even the Sun Moon Empire behind him, were too overbearing and wanted to establish a dictatorship in the Daluo Continent. As the Shura God and the law enforcer of the gods, he would naturally not let him get his wish easily.
He also bestowed the academy with a series of magical objects, and even allowed them to participate in trials, taking a method similar to the divine test to improve their strength.
The treasure was delivered to them through Senior A Yin who was guarding the academy.
Everyone did not waste any of their resources and placed almost all of their bets on Beibei and the several students who were about to participate in the competition.
Among the players in the main tournament, the lowest level is Soul Saint!
And the strongest one, Bei Bei...with the help of Tang San's ancestors, used his divine power to cultivate to the Title of Douluo!
Among the remaining team members, there are three Soul Douluos and three peak Soul Saints.
"Dean Xian picked a good time to show off." Cai Meir, deputy dean of the Wuhun Department, sneered, her fingertips running across the account book in front of her, "Do you know how much you have overspent this month? The inner court disciples now don't even have the cost of maintaining the mimic training ground..."
It’s one thing that Shrek won half a year later.
But now it’s another matter.
As things stand now, Shrek Academy is seriously overdrawn. The Spirit Department was almost drained in the past few years. What does it mean that your Spirit Guidance Department is still doing its own thing? If this continues, I'm afraid the academy won't be able to make it to the competition in half a year. I'm afraid it will be bankrupt before I see the dawn of victory!
Now that the divine world is intervening, are they asking you to develop soul guides?
Didn’t you hear from Tang San’s ancestor’s words that he disdained spirit guides?
“That’s enough!”
Xuan Zi's sharp eyes swept over everyone present: "I didn't call you here to listen to these things, Beibei, tell me about the situation in the outer courtyard."
The meaning is obvious.
Continue the path left by Mr. Mu.
What's more, the soul guidance system has shown some signs of development now, so it is only appropriate to encourage it, not suppress it.
The blue-haired young man sitting at the last seat stood up.
Three years have passed, and the fine lines at the corners of Beibei's eyes have begun to show, but Thunder Douluo's demeanor has become more and more stable. As the successor of the Sea God Pavilion, he is naturally qualified to sit at the end: "Among the current students, there are only seven people with top-level martial spirits. There are six Purple Record Medal winners in the Sky Soul Empire this year, and all of them chose the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy."
There was a moment of oppressive silence.
If the winner of the Imperial Emblem of the Star Luo Empire ran to the Sun-Moon Empire, they would not be surprised at all. After all, Star Luo had long been in name only, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a province of the Sun-Moon Empire.
But the Sky Soul Empire represents the power of the original continent...
The imperial badge represents the most outstanding young people of the younger generation, and also means the one with the highest talent and the best cultivation. Less than ten people are selected every year, but six of them go to the Sun-Moon Empire.
The remaining few may also be due to the fact that they are disciples of the Tianhun royal family...
"What about Di Tian?" Xuan Zi suddenly asked.
The three-dimensional projection in front of Mr. Song immediately switched to a panoramic view of the Star Dou Great Forest. The core area of the picture was covered with scarlet marks, and the twenty-seven light spots represented the soul master teams that had encountered beast tide attacks in the past six months.
When the screen zoomed in to the mixed zone, everyone gasped - the yellow safety zones that were originally scattered all over the place had now shrunk into a thin line around the edge of the forest.
"A hundred thousand year soul beast led the patrol." Old Song said in a cold voice, "Three days ago, the Soul Hunting Group led by Hunter Douluo was stopped by the Emerald Swan thirty miles away from the mixed zone."
"They are really on high alert..."
Regarding Di Tian’s so-called ban.
How could they possibly obey?
I have been making small moves secretly, but the other side is watching me too closely.
Later on, even several hundred thousand year old soul beasts were dispatched!
"Damn, we're guarding against thieves!" Xuan Zi complained.
Everyone: “…”
What do you think? ! !
Xian Lin'er suddenly sneered: "That's why I said that the soul guidance system is the future! Look at the Sun Moon Empire, they can even make artificial soul rings..."
"Okay, stop talking about this nonsense!" Old Song interrupted impatiently.
She unfolded the scroll: "Three days ago, a letter came from Haotian Sect."
The whole place suddenly fell silent. The letter from the first sect of Douluo Continent only had five large gold-plated characters: [Advance and retreat together, don’t worry]
"So what are your opinions?" Xuan Zi looked around at everyone.
Bei Bei suddenly stood up and saluted: "The student requested to restart the "Extreme Single Soldier Plan". The blueprint he unfolded was exactly the soul guide and martial soul fusion plan designed by Fan Yu that year. "This competition is just the beginning for me, and it is also the beginning of revitalizing Shrek Academy! After that, I am willing to shoulder..."
But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by several voices.
"No!" Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er said in unison. The two deans looked at each other and turned away at the same time.
"You are the future of the academy! The single-soldier plan is too risky and not worth it!" Xian Lin'er said seriously.
Ever since the previous heir of Poseidon Pavilion was abducted by the Sun-Moon Empire, Poseidon Pavilion has accumulated sufficient experience. Beibei and even all the inner court students must stay in the academy and are not allowed to leave Shrek Academy again.
What a shitty supervisory group, it was disbanded long ago.
“Nowadays, our ancestor Tang San cannot easily interfere in our struggle due to the divine rules, so the continent is still dominated by the Sun-Moon Empire. You are only a Titled Douluo now. Even with the soul guide that Duoduo personally adapted for you, you are only a Super Titled Douluo. This has too little impact on the situation of the entire continent. You must enter the Extreme Douluo, which is the peak that Master Mu once reached, to have hope of leading Shrek Academy into the future again!” Xuan Zi slapped the table and said with a heavy face.
"..." Beibei took a deep breath and slowly sat back in her seat.
Clenched fists.
He couldn't wait to have a showdown with those guys from the Sun-Moon Empire in half a year.
Xu Cheng, Xiao Hongchen, and Ji Juechen!
I will defeat you one by one and trample you under my feet!
“Hehe, the soul beast clan will sooner or later be reduced to human’s soul rings and soul bones, and the stepping stone for the strong. This is what Tang San’s ancestor said himself, and it also involves some things in the God Realm.” Xuan Zi waved his hand.
There was a coldness in his eyes.
“Now they are colluding with the Sun-Moon Empire, but don’t worry, Shrek’s current low point is only temporary. When God King Tang San gains the upper hand in the God Realm in the future, Shrek will still be the number one academy on the continent, and his Sun-Moon Empire will sooner or later become something swept into the garbage dump of history!”
"Then the Sun-Moon Empire will understand that all the disputes in the so-called mortal world are just jokes in the eyes of the gods."
…
When Mu Jin pushed open the door of the classroom, the morning light was shining obliquely on the seats that were mostly empty. Only nine of the thirty-two desks were now occupied.
The prosperity of the past has long since vanished like a bubble.
"Good morning, teacher." The voices of several students came from behind.
"Today we are going to talk about the theory of martial soul mimicry." Mu Jin placed the lesson plan on the podium. Suddenly, a notice floated out from between the pages - [Notice of delayed payment of this month's salary]. She quickly crumpled the note into her palm, but heard a sneer from the back of the classroom.
"Delaying salary again?" A noble student crossed his legs, sneered, and whispered to his deskmate: "My father said that the martial spirit department will be finished sooner or later, and he has already found a connection for me to go to the spirit guidance department. What does your father say?"
Hibiscus' chalk broke into two pieces on the blackboard.
As a Soul Emperor, how could she possibly hide the words of a mere level 10 soul master, no matter how covert they were?
If it was three years ago.
Almost no one dared to say such things to her.
The Spirit Department is also the true signature of Shrek Academy.
But now... With Xian Lin'er separating the Inner Court from the Martial Soul Department and merging all the Inner Court students into the Soul Guidance Department out of righteousness, the Martial Soul Department has truly declined.
As the number of classes drastically decreased, many teachers from the Martial Soul Department also ran to the Soul Guidance Department...
Now, with more than a dozen classes, it would be good enough to recruit one-third of the original number of students, not to mention that they are all mismatched, because the Wuhun Department does not have the chance to select high-quality students.
The roar of the soul guide test field just happened to be heard outside the window, and the entire teaching building was shaking slightly in the energy fluctuations of the ninth-level soul guide device.
Mu Jin gritted her teeth and had no concentration to teach in the second half of the class, as her mind was filled with the notice of delayed salary payment.
When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, the aroma from the Soul Guidance Department cafeteria had already drifted into the corridor.
"Teacher Mu!" Under the bulletin board in front of the administration building, a martial arts teacher was standing on tiptoe to tear off a notice, veins popping out on the back of his hand as he tore the paper: "Look at what Xian Lin'er has done!"
The gold-plated Soul Guidance Department logo on the notice almost burned people's eyes: [Warmly congratulate Vice President Qian Duoduo on his promotion to the ninth-level Soul Guidance Department].
The menu for the celebration banquet was listed in small print below: Fried silver cod with deep-sea magic whale oil, thousand-year-old earthworm tendon stew...Mu Jin suddenly remembered the can of ordinary tea leaves that had been drunk for a few days in the teachers' lounge in the external college.
There’s no way. I can’t pay the salaries.
What can she do?
With the Star Forest at its back, the former luxury represents the present desolation.
You are guarding a huge treasure trove but are unable to gain any benefit from it.
The once glorious martial arts teacher can barely afford to eat now...
Hibiscus sighed softly.
"I heard that they demolished the mimicry training ground on the west side of Poseidon Island." The teacher sneered, just to make room for the ninth-level soul guide device.
"These idiots are almost going insane."
"Speak softly!" Mu Jin reminded in a low voice.
The decline of the martial soul system seemed to happen in a moment.
It was not until this moment that everyone understood why Dean Yan had insisted on his rights and even resigned from his position.
She made her way to the finance office.
"Master Xuan! The experimental funding for the Wuhun Department has been cut by another 30% this year!" Cai Meir's voice was filled with tears.
"Lin'er needs resources." Xuanzi's sigh was mixed with the smell of alcohol.
"Hey, please be more understanding. When the results of the competition are announced in half a year, if Shrek can win back a game, then the finances will be much more abundant. As long as we can get through this period, the results will surely be much better."
"But..." Cai Meir still wanted to argue.
Xuan Zi shook his head and left drunk.
Mu Jin quietly left. At the corner of the corridor, she ran into Mr. Li from the Soul Guidance Department who was moving boxes onto the carriage. Through the gap, she could see that it was filled with rare metals. The label on the top piece read: [For the core array of the original mimic training field·Meteorite Iron].
"Teacher Mu?" Teacher Li rubbed his hands awkwardly, "This batch of materials just came in..."
The corner of Mu Jin's mouth twitched.
She had heard of the price. A little bigger than her little finger would cost hundreds of thousands of gold soul coins. Now there are so many...
It's true that those who are suffering from drought will die of drought, and those who are suffering from floods will die of floods.
She shook her head helplessly. She was just a teacher, so how could she dare to say anything more?
The dean of the Wuhun Department was forced to leave.
Now, the world has long been dominated by the soul guidance department.
Hibiscus looked up at the dark night sky. The shadow of Shrek's head was looming in the clouds. Outside the wall of Shrek, there was a strange purple light in the direction of the Star Forest - that was the Abyss Dragon on patrol, prohibiting any human from hunting soul rings.
over time.
Originally, Shrek Academy could still secretly hunt some soul beasts at the border of the Star Dou Great Forest to make up for the deficit, but now, the opponent is almost forcing Shrek Academy into a dead end.
Nowadays.
Almost all the inner court students, as well as the new batch of students, have to accept the sale of artificial spirit rings from the Sun-Moon Empire.
Although the Sun and Moon Empire seems to have always kept its word and has never raised prices.
but……
Hibiscus let out a long sigh.
...(End of this chapter)
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